Doha: All inpatient and emergency services across Hamad Medical Corporation's (HMC) network of hospitals will continue to operate as usual, 24 hours a day, throughout the Eid Al Fitr holidays.
All outpatient department (OPD) clinics will be closed from Sunday, June 25 to Tuesday, June 27, unless stated below.
Hamad General Hospital
Walk-in and medication refill clinics will operate on June 28 and 29.
Women’s Hospital
In Women’s Hospital, there will be no clinics on June 25 and 26. However, from Tuesday, June 27 to Thursday, June 29, there will be three High-Risk Clinics, depending on need, one High-Risk Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Clinic, one Fetomaternal Unit Clinic and a Newborn Screening Clinic.
Al Khor Hospital
In Al Khor Hospital, OPD clinics and the pharmacy will be closed from Sunday, June 25 to Thursday, June 29 and will re-open Sunday, 2 July. The Accident and Emergency Department pharmacy will open 24 hours a day. All urgent cases, including patients who require medication refill services, should proceed directly to the Emergency Department.
Al Wakra Hospital
Al Wakra Hospitals Emergency Department, including the Adult See and Treat Unit, the Pediatric Emergency Unit and the Emergency and Inpatient Pharmacies will remain open throughout the break. OPD clinics in General Medicine, General Surgery, Orthopedics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Burns Surgery and Physiotherapy will be open on June 28 and 29. Full outpatient services will resume on Sunday, July 2.
Cuban Hospital
In the Cuban Hospital, all OPD clinics and pharmacies will operate based on demand, with regular services resuming on Sunday, July 2. Patients will be contacted by phone and SMS to confirm their appointments. Obstetric patients in need of urgent care should present at the Emergency Department. The Emergency Department, including the pharmacy, will remain open 24/7 and services will include the dispensing of urgent prescription refills. The dental service is closed all week. Emergency care will however be provided through the Emergency Department.
National Center for Cancer Care
In National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR), the Day Care Unit will be closed on June 25 and 26 and will re-open on Tuesday, June 27. There will be a morning clinic for Oncology, Hematology, Pain Management and urgent referrals on June 28 and 29. Radiotherapy will be open throughout the holidays.
Heart Hospital
In Heart Hospital, all outpatient clinics will be closed from Sunday, June 25 to Thursday, June 29 and will re-open on July 2.
Rumailah Hospital
The Rumailah Hospital's Dermatology Clinics will be closed from June 25 to 27. There will be morning clinics from 9am to 12pm on June 28 and 29. Plastic Surgery Clinics will be closed on June 25 while morning clinics will operate from 8am to 1pm June on 26 to 29. The Wound Care Clinic will be closed from June 25 to 27 and there will be morning clinics from 8am to 1pm on June 28 and 29. There will be no Geriatric Clinics; however, the DOTS (direct observed therapy short course) will run every day from 6am to 10pm.
Mental Health Services
Mental Health Services clinics, including all evening clinics, will be closed from June 25 to 29, with exception of an Injection Administration Clinic which will be open on Tuesday, June 27 from 7am to 12pm. The Older Adult Outreach Service will operate from 25 June and the Community Adult Outreach Service will be on-call for emergencies only. The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) will be closed from June 25 to 29 and will re-open on Sunday, July 2. All other clinics will re-open on Sunday, July 2.
Dental Outpatient Department
The Dental Outpatient Department will be closed from June 25 to 29; however, emergency appointments will be available on June 28 and 29.
Other clinics
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Outpatient clinics are closed throughout the holidays. However, a physician on-call service will be available.
The Ambulatory Care Centers Podiatry Clinics and the GI/Endoscopy Clinic will be closed from 25 to 29 June and will re-open on Sunday, July 2.
In Communicable Disease Center, there will be one morning clinic every day at the Communicable Disease Center from June 26 to 29 from 7:30am to 12pm. An evening clinic will run from 3:30pm to 7:30pm.
The Hamad Customer Service Center (Nesmaak) will be closed from June 25 to 27 and will re-open on June 28 and 29 from 8am to 4pm. Patients requiring information can call 16060 during these times to inquire about or change their appointments.
